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Dance Studio Trinity High School Sports Centre Cambridge Street M15 6HP &f=q&geocode=&q=Trinity+Sports+Centre,+Cambridge+Street,+Hulme,+United+Kingdom&aq=1&oq=trin&sll=53.468597,-2.234323&sspn=0.005454,0.008454&hq=Trinity+Sports+Centre,&hnear=Cambridge+St,+Manchester+M15,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.468597,-2.238&spn=0.010071,0.006423 &output=embed &source=s_q&output=embed

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Schunck Room Schunck Building Burlington Street The University of Manchester M13 9PL &q=Schunck+Building+Burlington+Rooms,+Manchester,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.464921,-2.234928&sspn>=0.000433,0.000845&spn=0.004471,0.00912&z=16&view=map&geocode=FVzPLwMdxeXd_w&ftid=0x487bb18d1a652661:0xc65e5da206f43bcf&ftt=3394&split=0&hq=&hnear=Schunck+Bldg+Burlington+Rooms,+Manchester,+United+Kingdom &ll=53.466336,-2.234666&output=embed &ll=53.466336,-2.234666

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1st Jabez Clegg 2 Portsmouth St Manchester M13 9GB &q=Jabez+Clegg,+Portsmouth+Street,+Manchester,+United+Kingdom&geocode=&sll=53.464812,-2.230902&sspn=0.012442,0.017939&z=15&spn>0.008942,0.018239&f=q&aq=0&oq=jabez&g=m13+9gb&hq=Jabez+Clegg,+Portsmouth+Street,+Manchester,+United+Kingdom &ll=53.468663,-2.229969&source=s_q&output=embed &ll=53.465263,-2.231169&source=embed

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Correct your posture, relax your body and calm your mind Ancient Chinese techniques for improving your fitness, health and internal strength Practise beautiful, flowing movement forms together — all welcome! The Chun Yuen family of skills are Shaolin forms adapted for performance in the Beijing Opera. As you can imagine, this makes them quite impressive to watch! The skill was preserved by Grandmaster Wu Chun Yuen, who used to practise his forms every day in a park in Beijing. His perfect posture and flowing movement attracted the attention of Grandmaster Michael Tse, who recognised a high level skill and set out to learn all he could. Grandmaster Wu is no longer with us, but Grandmaster Tse has vowed to keep this skill alive and pass it on so that everyone can benefit. For this reason, he renamed the skill after his teacher. Chun Yuen is a more energetic skill to practise, and it is important to warm up to the movements properly. In class you will first learn higher levels of warm up focusing on the legs, covering stretches, kicking and jumping. At the same time, we will study the first form in the Chun Yuen syllabus, Xing Shou ('Style Hand'). Later, we will move on to Da Bei (the 'Great Sadness') Gong and weapons forms including sword and staff. The first focus during Chun Yuen practice is posture, and holding a good posture throughout the forms rapidly leads to improved fitness and stamina. As you progress, you will quickly develop better internal strength and relaxation, and it does not take long before you start leaving Chun Yuen practice sessions feeling more invigorated and alive than when you came in. Correct your posture, relax your body and calm your mind Ancient Chinese techniques for improving your fitness, health and internal strength Practise beautiful, flowing movement forms together — all welcome! The graceful and flowing character of Qigong movements is often mistaken for 'tai chi.' They are relaxed exercises designed to improve a person's qi energy and increase health and vitality. We practise Dayan Qigong, an original Chinese skill over 1800 years old, preserved through many generations before being opened up to the public by Grandmaster Yang Meijun. This ancient skill was first taught in the UK by Grandmaster Michael Tse who was a direct student of Grandmaster Yang. In the first weeks of class we will work together on the Balancing Gong movement form, progressing later to the movements in Healthy Living Gong, all in preparation for further studies of Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong. Classes will also include a gentle warm up and mediatation exercises. The first benefit is relaxation — sounds easy, but as we progress you'll develop a new and deeper understanding of what relaxation really means! You will challenge your balance, flexibility and co-ordination and improve your posture and breathing. Further study brings improved internal strength, better health, and through correct movement and meditation we achieve a balance of Yin and Yang in the body. Correct your posture, relax your body and calm your mind Ancient Chinese techniques for improving your fitness, health and internal strength Practise beautiful, flowing movement forms together — all welcome! Chen Family Taijiquan is the root of all the various styles of 'tai chi' found in the world today. It is a martial art covering both wrestling and the use of various weapons, focusing on the principle of spiral energy. At its high level, Chen style Taijiquan is a profound and powerful skill. In order to understand the principle and energy of the Chen style, we must first learn to relax, making our upper body soft and our legs strong. In class we will practise the 19 step form arranged by Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang, which is an introduction to some of the common movements found in the style. We will also practice Zhang Zhuang meditation ('standing like a tree'). All of this will help prepare us for pushing hands with a partner (Tui Shou) and discovering techniques and applications of the movements. Studying Chen Taijiquan is challenging but brings many rewards. You will gain the ability to relax your body even when placed in physically demanding postures, and develop internal strength and stamina, particularly in the legs. As you progress, you will discover sensitivity to other people's force, energy and intent, and acquire a softness in your movement which balances yin and yang. After time, the Chan Si Jin energy ('silk reeling') at the centre of all chen taiji will start to emerge in your own movement, and you will truly begin to understand the power of the Chen style. Simple, practical self defence techniques Use skill to overcome strength — suitable for everyone Wing Chun is a popular martial art, which was opened to the public by Grandmaster Ip Man and made famous by his student, Bruce Lee — although there are now many films about Ip Man as well! Legend tells us that the skill was invented by a woman, its two central principles being to avoid using strength against strength, and to move as efficiently as possible. These principles make it a skill suitable for anyone to learn and use effectively. In order to use Wing Chun effectively you must develop sensitivity, relaxation, calmness and a strong stance. We will use Wing Chun's first form (Siu Lim Tao) to work on relaxation, calmness and stance, and in class we will also practise Chi Sao ('sticking hands') and applications in order to learn sensitivity as well as how to use the skill in practical situations. Later we will progress to moving techniques via the Tsum Kiu form, and further in the syllabus are weapons forms and the use of the wooden dummy to make your skill correct and accurate. Wing chun is a very effective martial art and a useful skill in its own right. Training the skill will test your discipline, and as a reward some of the benefits are a calmer mind, better posture and a relaxed body, a more stable bearing and improved sensitivity and reflexes. realised he needed to make serious improvements to his posture, stamina and co-ordination after working long hours hunched over lab equipment and computer screens. He discovered Master Darryl Moy's class (darrylmoy.com) in 2008, and realised the tremendous benefit of studying these skills. Through dedication and practise he is now a qualified Qigong, Chen Taijiquan, and Chun Yuen (Shaolin Quan) instructor, and aims to pass on these valuable skills to a wider audience, hoping that many others will benefit from them. sifu